Goldring Arts Journaliststag:blog.syracuse.com,2015:/goldring/28882009-08-25T20:43:10ZNews and Reviews from the Goldring Arts Journalism Program at Syracuse UniversityMovable Type Enterprise 4.29-advanceThe vitality, humanity and memory of Anne Franktag:blog.syracuse.com,2009:/goldring//2888.25877582009-04-19T03:59:00Z2009-04-20T19:34:37ZA 13-year-old girl skips and bounces about with spunk and sparkle as she inspects the new locale of her next adventure. Syracuse Stage's production of "The Diary of Anne Frank," the new adaptation by Wendy Kesselman directed by Tim Bond,...Dante Ciampagliahttp://connect.syracuse.com/user/dciampag/index.html
A 13-year-old girl skips and bounces about with spunk and sparkle as she inspects the new locale of her next adventure. Syracuse Stage's production of "The Diary of Anne Frank," the new adaptation by Wendy Kesselman directed by Tim Bond,...
Family: Gotta Love 'emtag:blog.syracuse.com,2009:/goldring//2888.35003202009-01-10T17:01:00Z2009-08-25T20:39:31ZDysfunction is funny. Unfortunately, the cast of "August: Osage County" chose comedy over acting and neglected the underlying seriousness of a crumbling family. The fountain of problems in the Weston home spawn from one truth, "My wife takes pills and...Dante Ciampagliahttp://connect.syracuse.com/user/dciampag/index.html
Dysfunction is funny. Unfortunately, the cast of "August: Osage County" chose comedy over acting and neglected the underlying seriousness of a crumbling family. The fountain of problems in the Weston home spawn from one truth, "My wife takes pills and...
"Equus" goes limptag:blog.syracuse.com,2009:/goldring//2888.35002942009-01-08T17:01:00Z2009-08-25T20:40:22ZAssuming a 1975 Tony Award winning best play and star-studded cast featuring a naked Harry Potter constitutes a great production would be a mistake. Daniel Radcliffe should have stayed at Hogwarts instead of entering the horse stables as Alan Strang...Dante Ciampagliahttp://connect.syracuse.com/user/dciampag/index.html
Assuming a 1975 Tony Award winning best play and star-studded cast featuring a naked Harry Potter constitutes a great production would be a mistake. Daniel Radcliffe should have stayed at Hogwarts instead of entering the horse stables as Alan Strang...
"Cherry Orchard" blossomstag:blog.syracuse.com,2009:/goldring//2888.35003032009-01-05T17:01:00Z2009-08-25T20:40:59ZChekhov is rarely associated with comedy, but playwright Tom Stoppard's new adaptation of "The Cherry Orchard" now previewing at BAM Harvey Theatre will induce a few chuckles. That is, amongst all the tears and hysterics. After a 5-year sojourn in...Dante Ciampagliahttp://connect.syracuse.com/user/dciampag/index.html
Chekhov is rarely associated with comedy, but playwright Tom Stoppard's new adaptation of "The Cherry Orchard" now previewing at BAM Harvey Theatre will induce a few chuckles. That is, amongst all the tears and hysterics. After a 5-year sojourn in...
"The Visitor" drums its way to DVDtag:blog.syracuse.com,2008:/goldring//2888.18018942008-11-20T20:36:03Z2008-11-20T20:43:38ZA lonely 62-year-old man nervously looks out his window, the doorbell rings. He opens the door revealing an elderly woman, and they have a quick awkward exchange. "Shall we get started," she asks. The film cuts to a close up...Dante Ciampagliahttp://connect.syracuse.com/user/dciampag/index.html
A lonely 62-year-old man nervously looks out his window, the doorbell rings. He opens the door revealing an elderly woman, and they have a quick awkward exchange. "Shall we get started," she asks. The film cuts to a close up...
Poe resurrected in "Reflecting Poe"tag:blog.syracuse.com,2008:/goldring//2888.35002222008-10-26T16:01:00Z2009-08-25T20:42:16ZNothing embodies the spirit of Halloween like the poetic works of the master of macabre. Paired with unlikely new musical compositions, dance and photography, Edgar Allan Poe can be resurrected. "Reflecting Poe," a multi-media performance combining modern orchestrations, dance, projections...Dante Ciampagliahttp://connect.syracuse.com/user/dciampag/index.html
Nothing embodies the spirit of Halloween like the poetic works of the master of macabre. Paired with unlikely new musical compositions, dance and photography, Edgar Allan Poe can be resurrected. "Reflecting Poe," a multi-media performance combining modern orchestrations, dance, projections...
Blindness as Far as the Eye Can Seetag:blog.syracuse.com,2008:/goldring//2888.15728052008-10-08T13:26:48Z2008-10-08T13:30:07ZAn unnamed man is sitting in his car, waiting for a traffic light to change, when he is suddenly stricken with blindness. His vision is flooded with a milky whiteness, which is all he can see. He relies on a...Dante Ciampagliahttp://connect.syracuse.com/user/dciampag/index.html
An unnamed man is sitting in his car, waiting for a traffic light to change, when he is suddenly stricken with blindness. His vision is flooded with a milky whiteness, which is all he can see. He relies on a...
Not Another Michael Cera Movietag:blog.syracuse.com,2008:/goldring//2888.15727342008-10-08T13:23:40Z2008-10-08T13:26:42ZThe "hipster movie" is rapidly emerging as film's newest genre. The recipe is simple. Start with a half dozen dorky, music-obsessed high schoolers. Add a few ironic touches, like a hamburger phone or a canary yellow Yugo. Throw in a...Dante Ciampagliahttp://connect.syracuse.com/user/dciampag/index.html
The "hipster movie" is rapidly emerging as film's newest genre. The recipe is simple. Start with a half dozen dorky, music-obsessed high schoolers. Add a few ironic touches, like a hamburger phone or a canary yellow Yugo. Throw in a...
Movie Review: Me and Orson Wellestag:blog.syracuse.com,2008:/goldring//2888.15689592008-10-07T19:33:44Z2008-10-07T19:35:11Z"Me and Orson Welles," a film directed by Richard Linklater, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last weekend. Newcomer to Hollywood, Christian McKay, steals the show playing Orson Welles, the notoriously egocentric theater director. But McKay is more than...Dante Ciampagliahttp://connect.syracuse.com/user/dciampag/index.html
"Me and Orson Welles," a film directed by Richard Linklater, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last weekend. Newcomer to Hollywood, Christian McKay, steals the show playing Orson Welles, the notoriously egocentric theater director. But McKay is more than...
Movie Review: Wendy and Lucytag:blog.syracuse.com,2008:/goldring//2888.15689472008-10-07T19:28:48Z2008-10-07T19:33:11Z"Wendy and Lucy" would have been an overworked sob story if it weren't for director Kelly Reichardt, who seems to understand that characters don't have to be at the edge of losing all hope and dignity to make an audience...Dante Ciampagliahttp://connect.syracuse.com/user/dciampag/index.html
"Wendy and Lucy" would have been an overworked sob story if it weren't for director Kelly Reichardt, who seems to understand that characters don't have to be at the edge of losing all hope and dignity to make an audience...
"Ma Rainey" lacks rhythmtag:blog.syracuse.com,2008:/goldring//2888.35002612008-10-06T16:01:00Z2009-08-25T20:43:10ZFor a play about a legendary blues singer, Syracuse Stage's "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" lacks the rhythm necessary to carry the music and the production. "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," written by celebrated black playwright August Wilson, is part of a...Dante Ciampagliahttp://connect.syracuse.com/user/dciampag/index.html
For a play about a legendary blues singer, Syracuse Stage's "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" lacks the rhythm necessary to carry the music and the production. "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," written by celebrated black playwright August Wilson, is part of a...
The Mix 2008tag:blog.syracuse.com,2008:/goldring//2888.13972472008-09-04T19:14:45Z2009-04-23T13:52:20ZThe Mix 2008 Welcome to the Goldring Arts Journalism Program site on Syracuse.com. Each September for the past four years, the Goldring arts journalists conceive, research, write, design and edit The Mix, a publication that explores the culture of our...Dante Ciampagliahttp://connect.syracuse.com/user/dciampag/index.html
The Mix 2008 Welcome to the Goldring Arts Journalism Program site on Syracuse.com. Each September for the past four years, the Goldring arts journalists conceive, research, write, design and edit The Mix, a publication that explores the culture of our...
'Rita Working Title' shows the relationship between a screenwriter and the stories she attempts to createtag:blog.syracuse.com,2008:/goldring//2888.9459412008-05-03T17:11:37Z2008-05-03T17:14:06ZCreative writers are devoted first to their words. It is a relationship that, like others, must be watered in order to grow and then nurtured in order to develop into its own. Michal Bat-Adam's Rita Working Title is about this...Dante Ciampagliahttp://connect.syracuse.com/user/dciampag/index.html
Creative writers are devoted first to their words. It is a relationship that, like others, must be watered in order to grow and then nurtured in order to develop into its own. Michal Bat-Adam's Rita Working Title is about this...
'The Path of the Skeptics': a 30-minute film/art gallerytag:blog.syracuse.com,2008:/goldring//2888.9432812008-05-02T17:13:15Z2008-05-02T17:18:11ZThe Path of the Skeptics was like viewing an exhibition in a museum more so than watching the film it actually was in the Landmark Theatre Thursday night. Perhaps it was that, having been my first experience with a short...Dante Ciampagliahttp://connect.syracuse.com/user/dciampag/index.html
The Path of the Skeptics was like viewing an exhibition in a museum more so than watching the film it actually was in the Landmark Theatre Thursday night. Perhaps it was that, having been my first experience with a short...
Love and War in Newton I. Aduaka's 'Ezra'tag:blog.syracuse.com,2008:/goldring//2888.9277992008-04-28T01:43:10Z2008-05-02T17:29:54ZThere is much to be taken away from a film in which, in the first 15 minutes, a child, no more than nine years of age, is shot and killed as an example for the other children to do as...Dante Ciampagliahttp://connect.syracuse.com/user/dciampag/index.html
There is much to be taken away from a film in which, in the first 15 minutes, a child, no more than nine years of age, is shot and killed as an example for the other children to do as...
Society for New Music Performs at Syracuse International Film Festivaltag:blog.syracuse.com,2008:/goldring//2888.9269642008-04-27T16:16:58Z2008-04-27T16:26:33ZStephen Planas When I go to a new film, I spend nearly as much time listening as I do watching. A compelling score can rescue an average movie, or transform an already great movie into an icon--Bernard Herrmann in Psycho,...Dante Ciampagliahttp://connect.syracuse.com/user/dciampag/index.html
Stephen Planas When I go to a new film, I spend nearly as much time listening as I do watching. A compelling score can rescue an average movie, or transform an already great movie into an icon--Bernard Herrmann in Psycho,...
SIFF Lifts off with "Flyboys"tag:blog.syracuse.com,2008:/goldring//2888.9247582008-04-26T15:47:12Z2008-05-07T14:13:30ZIt was a packed house last night at the Palace theater, with Stephen Baldwin appearing to open the fifth annual Syracuse International Film Fest. With the Baldwin family's usual charm and humor, the actor introduced his film "The Flyboys" by...Dante Ciampagliahttp://connect.syracuse.com/user/dciampag/index.html
It was a packed house last night at the Palace theater, with Stephen Baldwin appearing to open the fifth annual Syracuse International Film Fest. With the Baldwin family's usual charm and humor, the actor introduced his film "The Flyboys" by...
The sights and sounds of the Syracuse International Film Festivaltag:blog.syracuse.com,2008:/goldring//2888.9228962008-04-25T20:38:37Z2008-04-25T21:42:11ZWelcome to the Goldring Arts Journalism blog on Syracuse.com. The Goldring Arts Journalism program is a unique graduate field of study offered through the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. Students in the program spend an intense...Emily Kulkus, The Post-Standardhttp://connect.syracuse.com/user/ekulkus/index.html
Welcome to the Goldring Arts Journalism blog on Syracuse.com. The Goldring Arts Journalism program is a unique graduate field of study offered through the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. Students in the program spend an intense...
WW Jane D?tag:blog.syracuse.com,2008:/goldring//2888.7365152008-02-26T20:30:32Z2008-04-25T20:36:44ZAs the opening credits of Robin Swicord's The Jane Austen Book Club montaged through a series of day-to-day, mini-catastrophes--a cell phone swan diving into a toilet, scalding hot coffee rippling down the front of a shirt, an over-enthusiastic treadmill barreling...Dante Ciampagliahttp://connect.syracuse.com/user/dciampag/index.html
As the opening credits of Robin Swicord's The Jane Austen Book Club montaged through a series of day-to-day, mini-catastrophes--a cell phone swan diving into a toilet, scalding hot coffee rippling down the front of a shirt, an over-enthusiastic treadmill barreling...
Love Winstag:blog.syracuse.com,2008:/goldring//2888.7365132008-02-26T20:29:31Z2008-04-25T20:33:40ZThe delicate click of a high heel shoe, the gleam of icey blue satin, the manic flutter of a fan above an excrutiating corset: Cruelty herself glides across the floor in Syracuse Stage's 35th season opener, a fresh--and funny--Les Liaisons...Dante Ciampagliahttp://connect.syracuse.com/user/dciampag/index.html
The delicate click of a high heel shoe, the gleam of icey blue satin, the manic flutter of a fan above an excrutiating corset: Cruelty herself glides across the floor in Syracuse Stage's 35th season opener, a fresh--and funny--Les Liaisons...